Hmmmm... ok.
I guess I’m on a treadmill. I still go to confession to verbalize and attone for my sins with the hope that God will somehow let my pathetic excuse for a Catholic/Christian into heaven. I haven’t “earned” anything that he hasn’t let or allow me to “earn”. But I’ve done plenty to “unearn” my way to a much lonelier place than heaven. Any goodness in my life is due to him and I can assure you that every sin is mine by choice.
This article is jumbled and I’m trying to figure out if it is slamming the RCC or if it was placed as bait so that others who want to slam the RCC can gather and join in the fun.
I was a fallen catholic who became an agnostic, then born again Christian and finally returned to the Roman Catholic Church because it speaks to my soul and it brings me peace. I don’t get the bashing of the Church or the complaints of one Christian believer against another.
We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Those that wish to divide us and “prove” that one is “better” than another I feel are just lonely and need affirmation that they’ve made the “right choice”. So before any flame wars start just remember that anything that takes our eyes and hearts away from Christ is a distraction. God sees what’s in your heart and knows your motives and still finds you a lovable creature of his. All of us fall short of perfection. Some like myself fall much shorter but still have faith that through the sacraments of confession and holy communion with the attempt to live in the spirit of Jesus Christ that somehow my misshapen soul will find it’s home in Heaven.
Salvation has nothing to do with "sacraments of confession and holy communion with the attempt to live". Salvation is by faith in Christ and His sacrifice alone. No amount of actions on your part have anything to do with salvation. Anything other than faith in Christ alone is relying on man's actions. Put your faith in Him alone and not in what you might be able to do.
In other words, just read “Romans,” c12ff.
Dick Vomer:
The article is by a former Catholic who is by all accounts, based on my researching his blog, a salesman [maybe used car salesman???]. Regardless, he is just a self-anointed Protestant Pope with an internet blog. Again, unless someone can provide evidence to me, I don’t think he is a theologian by training or Protestant Pastor or Reverend via formal seminary training. Again, from best I can tell, he states his professional job is in some sort of sales.